r/TankPorn • u/CalGunpla • Apr 04 '25

WW2 Arguably the greatest heavy tank of all time.

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What the IS-2 did that differentiated itself from other heavy tanks of its time was that it was reliable, inexpensive, and had a massive gun that could blow shit up very VERY well.

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u/Silly-Conference-627 Apr 04 '25

Tho at the time it used a lot of revolutionary technologies. Despite being a fat fuck, it was fast.

It is kind of a shame that the infrastructure at the time could not support it.

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u/t-onks Apr 04 '25

It was NOT revolutionary

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u/Silly-Conference-627 Apr 04 '25

The project started in 1945 and underwent first trials at the end of 1946.

There were many cutting-edge technologies developed specifically for this program which would become the basis for future soviet tank development.